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Form over substance

Since Agile and in particular Scrum become popular buzzwords in the software development and IT, there is more pressure from the "business" (represented by the users, non-technical project managers or

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keeping IT jobs in the US

Keeping IT jobs in the US is not just patriotic, politically correct and charitable - it makes good business sense.

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Does your software nudge you to do better?

Any environment, even the most open one, makes some choices easier to make than others, thus nudging users to make a particular outcome but not really enforcing it.

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A case for testing

Do you know what your product does? What about software you use every day - for development, communication, distribution, etc.?
Are you sure?

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Texans personal data breach is taken advantage of by the state

Hundreds of thousands of Texans have recently received a letter from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts informing them that the State has negligently exposed their personal information, includin

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What is a skill?

For the average person the skills one has largely determines his or her place in life - both in terms of income stream and material wealth, and in terms of social connections and overall happiness.

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Holiday [over] eating

I recently had a very interesting conversation with a Houstonian about food in general, and an all-raw-veg

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Team communication dynamic

Face-to-face is always better than by phone or email, but not all face-to-face time is equally valuable over project lifetime.

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Canadian drugs, Russian hackers and multi-level marketing

Internet fraud has successfully evolved into a sophisticated business venture operating on both sides of the law.

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For the love of MSDN

I have been going through much .Net framework documentation on MSDN site lately.